Bear Bones 200

See here for updates to the 2020 event: https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/BB200/

The Bear Bones 200 is a self supported, long distance bikepacking event. The challenge is to complete the route with no outside assistance, support or back-up. If you’re unsure about what that entails, please read the guidelines here. You’ll need to rely on your own skills, fitness and determination to get you to the end. Pre-arranged assistance of any sort will result in a DNF. If you take a wrong turn, you must return to the exact part of the route where you went wrong and continue from there.

The route changes each year but you can anticipate a distance of around 200km, 5,000m of ascent and with a large percentage of the route being ‘off road’. The Cambrian Mountains provide a spectacular backdrop, so you can expect remote tracks, hike-a-bike sections, steep valleys and some of the biggest views in all of the UK. The BB200 isn’t way marked or signed, there are no marshals and no feed stops.